The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A moderate amount of business is reported in discount circles at the new rate of 9 per cent., and capitalists out of doors are not at all anxious to engage in extensive operations even at this elevated figure. At the same time the mercantile public are loth to pay so much for the temporary use of money, and consequently limit their discount en• gagements es far as practicable. Opinion seems divided as to whether the measure now adopted will initiate a return to what easy bo considered an average quotation, many inclining to the belief that a still higher point will yet be attained. The return issued last evening. by the Bank of England authoiities shows to what pressure the establishment has been subjected, and how neces. sary was the measure adopted yesterday by th e directors. While, however, the bullion has been diminished, it is satisfactory to notice that it has been withdrawn for circulation throughout the United Kingdom, and that very little has been taken for exportation. Subjoined are the parti. culars •• •• Active Circulation Increase .. Bullion .. Decrease .. .. £20,809,865 • . 71,765 .. 12,970,447 •• 9,586 3,859,557 .. 19,713 6,022,373 2 06,631 .. 12,904,085 169,666 .. 557,259 6,035 10,797,095 Other Securities .. No alteration. 201508,310 Increase .. , 144064 Notes Unempl o y e d .. 6,067, , 030 Decrease .. 74,845 The Bank of France return for the past week may be considered of a favourable character. The bullion shows an increase of £66,700, and the Treasury balances of £106,700. An unsatisfactory change is the addition of £BO,OOO to the discounts, bat a falling off has occurred in the advances to the extent of £40,000, and the notes in circulation have been lessened by £620,000, and the current accounts by £186,700. .. .. 00 •• • • e• •1 Rest .. Increase .. Public Deposits Increase .. Other Deposits.. Decrease .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase • • • • Government Securities 4 0 •6 4,1 ell •• i• Two O'CLOCK. The French Routes were this morning, according to Mr, Reuter's telegram, 66f. 67c. The Stock Exchange Markets to-day have pre. sented a very inactive appearance, and quotations generally remain without much alteration. In fact, monetary affairs absorb the principal attention, and while so much uncertainty exists, operators seem afraid to enter into heavy engagements. The English Funds have continued at their former values, and Consols are 87 for money, and 87: for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 851 f- ; India 5 per Cents., 103 j, 104, and Enfaced 5i per Cents, 110. In the Foreign Market there is very little business, and prices continue to drop. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 s ; ditto Consolides, 50 ; Mexican, 274 ; do. New, 25 1-; Greek, 23: ; Spanish Passive, 30: d ; do. Certificates, 13: d ; Portuguese, 47 s ; Italian, 661 1; and the Confederate Loan, 791 801. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and prices have generally exhi bited further depression. South Eastern have receded £1 10s ; Great Eastern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, each £1 ; Brighton, North Western, and Midland, each 108 ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but generally sustain former prices, IiOVE BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Z'UNDS. 3 per C ent. Consols , Da Account Oct e . 11 3 per Cent. Reducd New 3 per Cent B5l New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.. . Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 4th Jan., 1830 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Ited Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequer Bina £l,OOO, 3& 3 o ' March, Jun e . D i per Cent. ..... Do £lOO and x£2oo Bank England Stk, 5} per Ct. Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SKOURITIES, India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874.... Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ...... 4 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Do Account —Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do Do 41 pet Cent. Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds 1,000 Do under £l,OOO FOREIGIN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK.. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent ßrazilian 5 per Cent .......... Do 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 ID° 18 63 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent .... — Do Account..... .Chilian 6 per Ce n t. L ... Do 4i per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent •—• Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.... — Egyptian 7 per;Cent 9B} 9 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-C0up0n5....... Do Account Do Coupons De Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864.. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Peruvian 4 Do do Aug., 1866 — j per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (llribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account47} Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 .. Do 6 per Cent, 1862 BB Do Anglo-Dutch .... pm Do Scrip, £4O paid Sardinian S per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 pe ........ r Cent 84 Do Account .................. Do New D e f erre d DDo Account o Passive Spanish Cert of Cou Do Account . p not funded Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent .. Do Scrip, £6O paid pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 68 1)0 Account 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do. Account;; 7O Do £lOO Bond s .. 7O Do 1863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 99} Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Du Account.... Do 6 per Cent., 1864 461 D ividditds on the above payable in London, Austrian, pe r C ent, Ex. 10 Florins. —_Do mount„ Belgian 4} por Cent, E;s: . 26f. ... 2i per Cent . , Ex, 12 1)04 per Cent. (lertificates . Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861,1.1x..25 francs — Do Account French Renter, 2 per Cent...... Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. E x. _ Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f Consols M oney TWO O'CLOCK, 87 IDo Account .. -• 87/ Liverpool Cotton Market—'This Day 'lark©t very quick, and little business doi ng , Sales probably 2,000 or 3,000 bales. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 Itlantio &St Lawreno. all 59 61 s k 1 ,tom.,Baroda&.Centlnc 100 100 /01 1001 1 Gu. 5 per cent - 20 Do. E. .71 I dig '4Ol 3utialo and Laxe Huroi, all a 55 10 Do. Preference all 71 81 100 duffalo,BrantotGodricl 100 75 80 i p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187: 100 Do. do. July 1, 187: 100 75 80 100 Do. do. June 1, 181 , , 100 75 80 tit kAcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 90 100 ''apeTown Dock Seri 10 0 9 3 95 100 Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf all— stook s;astn. Bengal gu. sp. luu 101 102 Cook East Indian, gu. sp. c 100 1( 0 201 1001 20 Do. do. G Ext all 191 204 20 Do. do. II do. all 191 201 stock grand Trunk of Cana& ivy 181 191 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent all 91 94 1 0 0 Do. let rrel. Bonds sit 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 62 a 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 57 100 Do. 3d lief. stock all 50 55 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 45 48 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 28 33 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 101 109 1011 1 2 SO Do. New gua. sp. 12 par li , stook (It. Soutli.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 99 101 stock Do. 41 per cent lOO stock Do 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share, all 91 10 91 201 Do. New .. . ... 18 101 101, 100 Do. 6 p.o. '7O with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8 all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 d in stook Madras. guar., sp. o. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extensioi, 100 03 95 stock Dc. 45 do lOO 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stook llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds 100 50 Uelb. & Ilobson's Ilay. all 18 (0 100 Do. 7 p.O. 51ortg. Bds. all 90 Ntw Brupswiok S Candi. Class A and B. all S N.Rl.C'da6 po lat pt bdt 100 80 81 stock &Made ) (100 991 1005, stock Do. Delhi.... lOO 995 100r,' c t 2 1d par ; et Do. Punjaub 1 all 991 1C Do. Do. .... tr' s stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1100 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 8 per cent., Dec. 3 1872. 100 Do. do. 1883 lOO Can.uoT.6 ttJ ui 1877-84 100 95 97 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au(; 100 96 99 Do.a p. o. Mar. & Sept 100 98 102 Do. p. o. Jan.&July. 10C 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 84 86 ;ape G.llopc, 6 p 0,187: 100 101 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 107 109 Do. 180( 100 109 111 )o. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 :ey!on, N0v.1878, 6TI r 100 110 112 llauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 100 103 105 Do. 1878 00 103 106 Do. 1882 104 104 103 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOu lu7 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul) 100 97 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18o( 100 97 99 Do. sp. c.,111T1 to 157( 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwch 100 96 98 961 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 iova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 —Zueensland Gov. 6p. o lOO 100 103 3. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 106 108 Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - Do. 10 6 p.c. An..itOot„. 100 109 110 , POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. A youth named Brown, a clerk in an office in Mincing lane, was placed at the bar charged with being concerned with another youth, now under sentence of seven years' penal servitude for forging and uttering a cheque for £350, with intent to defraud the City Bank. From the evidence it appeared that Harding, who was a clerk to Mr Watts, a metal broker in St. Helen's, Bishops gate, was, at the June sessions of the Central Criminal Court, convicted of forging and uttering the cheque for £350. The cheque wus presented by a commissionaire, but it was discovered to bo a forgery, and in consequence of the statement made by the presentee of the cheque Harding was taken into custody and convicted. Since he had bees convicted he had made a communication to Mr Mullins, the solicitor to the Bankers' Protection Society, which implicated the prisoner Brown, and accordingly last night he was apprehended on a warrant issued by the bankers. It transpired during the present examination that the civvies had been stolen by Harding from the cheque book of his mater, and that they had afterwards been given to Brown, as Mr Watts had received from Brown's tether several other blank cheques, forming part of the number stolen, one of which had been filled up for £4OO, but not presented. On the officer going to Brown's residence last night, the former said he knew all about the forgeries, but he denied positively that he was to have any of the money. Application was made to admit the prisoner to bail, but The Lord Mayor refused to accede to the request, and he remanded the prisoner for a week, SHARE .MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&B. Share Railways. p a i d , Closing Business Price. I done. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter I Caledonian Cork and Bandon ...... Cornwall Do A - A n - ets no div, Do. B till 6p c.p an ' has l ' been paid to 8. 1 Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glaeg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNortlaot Scotland Great Northern.- Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Trelanal Great Westerr,Original Do Str Val min. stock Do. South Wales .... iDo. West Mid. ---oxtordi Do Newport Do Ileref ord Laneashire & Yorkshire London and Blaekwall Lon., liright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat., and Doveil Lon. & North \Western, Lon. & Scv.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. l Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeda Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. tt Darling Do do 1855-53 Do do 1860-131 North London Do New Do New, 1864 North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South DCTOU • • •.• •••••••• • South Eastern South Wales S. York. and Myer Dun Staines, Wok. ,and Wok. Taff Vale Do B Do C Vale of Neath Waterford it Kilkeany , West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..tß 13.14. 83 85 123 121 6 7 31 33 16 17 89 01 ICB 110 45i 4Q 7 7ã 1 1 6 128 is 138 127 130 90 02 671 68 46 97 38 40 100 103 114} 115 65 66 101 (03 39 41 111} 1111 04.1 04 64 65 104 106 1'29 3 / 4 130 101 54 65 25 26 104 i 105 i 63i B•1T 9Z 93 356 366 9 10 76 86 0 123 126 6 16 p 74 75 101 11} 130 135 57 59 33 47 81 62 101 103 8 9 160 165 5 6 t 2 3 n 9S 100 33 35 100 100 100 100 BRITISH MINES. 2 icambrian Consol. Gold 1 it 1 - lUlifford Amalgamated.. 30 82 I Devon G. Con..,"Tavist.) 1 680 690 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 67 69 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon . 1.14.6 27 28 East Cara Brea... 3.4.0 71 7! K WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 5 51 GamABt.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 5 7 (3 rest South Tolgus.... 17s 2 24 G. Wheal Vor (Ralston 40 28 29 Grenville . Her:Ws-Foot ... 8.12 38 40 Kingston Downs 4.18.0 35 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelant 94 7 9 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim , 21 15 1 6 New Seton l9l 75 85 North Downs 3 11 15 N.Wh'l Baseet(lllo4an 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crafty 2.6.9 3 32 Par Consols (St. Blaze) ) Providence (Un y Lelia.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 LOU 520 8. earn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal loran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 421 474 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 ramarSilv.& Lead Kin. fin Croft 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l4 8 9 W C; radon (Liskeard) 9 95 1 9 1 West Soton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 92 25 Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - Wheal Lndeott ...... 3.5.8 11 2 Wheal Mary Ann (Lien.) 8 14 16 I Wheal 3eton 5Bl 205 215 I Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 15 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 101 itto, No. 2, 101 Northern, 6 per cent.. 110 'fnisolidated, 6 , per_cent, stook, Ditto, 4} per cent red., 991 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B and C 4 per cent., 31& PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf. ' 99 Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 101 LINES LEASED AT _FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 2C9 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 29 Ditto, Corn. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 97 FOREJG-ii RAILWAYS.; Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), 12 111 San Paulo (lim.), qua. 7 per oent.4.— Ditto, (all), 18i FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, lim., Icl BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 53 2 1 11 501 11 50 Ditto, new, 47 Anglo Austrian, 71 Bank of otago, Rm., Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of Wales, lim., 17 4 City, 1204 18 19 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 101 European Bank, lim., 13 14 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 31 1 Ditto, new, 19 Imperial Bank (lim.), 34 3 Ditto new, 22 2 i mperial Bank of Jiiina, India, and Japan, lim. 5 Imperial Ottoman, 16: Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., t 4 5 London and Brazilian (lira.). 47 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 53 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Um., 124 1 London Joint Stock, 444 5 1 London and South African, 221 Loudon and South-Western, z 3 Luudou and Ni estmineter, 97 Merchant Bank, lim., 2s/ Mercantile and Exchange, Km., 131 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 234 National of Liverpool, limited, 15% Scinde, l'unjaub, and Delhi, lim., 12 South Eastern, lim., 84 Oriental Bane Corporation, 581:4 Union of London, 52 14 DOCKS. Loadon and St. Katharine, CO MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, ilra., la 21 Commercial Union, Insurance, 84 Credit Fourier of Mauritius, lim., 8 Continental Union Gas, lira., 8 4 Credit Foncier, 131 Credit Mobilier, 134 Discount Corporation, 184 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lint, 3 4 Fore -street Warehouse, lieu., Gen. credit and Finance of London, Mu., 64 1 liudsou's Bay, 1f17.1.5i3 litiperha Mere:tattle Credit Asso., lira., 71 I ; ; '.Celegrach Consttuo. and Mainttuange, lieu., 34 Great Di Great Mid ( 137 6 ,127 i GS 71 47 O 115 111 101 3 / 4 2 40 39 3 / 4 111 3 / 4 94 (142 128 j 9 74 P 101 811 I THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1864. MARLBOROUGH.STREET. OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—Mary Mleary was charged be fore Mr Knox with steal!ng from the person of Selina Lang dill, of 21, Abbey-road, St. John's-wood, a purse contain ing postage stamps, &c. Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough—street, ap peared fur the prisoner, and Mr Hayward, from Mr Beard's office, watched the case, as also did Mr Richards (ono of the directors), on the part of the Atlas and Waterloo Om nibus Association, The evidence having been given, Mr Lewis addressed the magistrate on the prisoner's be half, stating that he was instructed that she was only re cently from Scotland, and that although she had been seen by constables from the different divisions, sho was not known to any of them. Mr Knox said he would consent to take the prisoner's plea if she thought proper to plead before him, but if he did so he would at once state that she would undergo the full penalty, as the misery inflicted by omnibus thieves was incalculable. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was committed for six months with hard labour, A BOY CHARGED WITH UTTERING A FORGED CHEQUE.—Henry Wells, about 13 years of age, in the employ of Mr Moseley, upholsterer, of Berners-street, was charged before Mr Knox with endeavouring to obtain the sum of £lO by means of a forged cheque. Mr Henry Richard Mackie, draper, of 30, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, deposed that, on Wednesday morn ing, the prisoner called at his shop and asked him to change a cheque for £lO for Mr Moseley. Ho told the prisoner to take it back and get it dated and endorsed, and the prisoner did so, and in the evening called for the money. He told the prisoner that he would send the money round to Mr Moseley, and did so, when ha found that the signature and endorsement upon the cheque, both purporting to be Mr Moseley's, were forged. In answer to Mr Knox, Mr Mackie said he knew the prisoner to be in the employ of Mr Moseley, who was a customer of his, and the prisoner had been for change before. He had seen Mr Moseley that morning before coming to the court, and he would retain the prisoner in his employ if his worship would let him off and discharge him. Mr Knox said that as they had thought proper to bring the prisoner before him, he must do his duty. Tha matter was one which, under any circumstances, oust to be in quired into, as probably the boy was in the hands of some■ body else. Mr Mackie stated that it was Mr Moseley who had given the buy int) custody for endeavouring to obtain the money. Mr Knox said if it had been for endeavouring to obtain money the prisoner should have been taken on a warrant, but it was uttering a forged cheque, Police-constable Thos. Maguire, 58 E, said he was sent for to Moseley's and the prisoner given into his custody, when he said that he had taken the cheque out of the cheque-took on Tuesday and forged it on 'Wednesday. Mr Knox remanded the prisoner for a week for the at tendance of Mr,Moseloy, to prove the signature to the cheque to be a forgery. WESTMINSTER. MYSTERIOUS LOSS OF A VALUABLE GOLD WATCH..-- Edward Thorpe, a respectable looking young man, was placed at tho bar charged with stealing a gold watch, value £3O, and appendages, Mrs Eliza Banniek, of 5, Rose• terrace, Fulham-road, said that she accused the prisoner of stealing her watch and ap penda;,res, because nobody else could have taken them. He was employed to clean the windows, and so had access to the property, which had been left in a drawer. Mr Selfc—How• did the prisoner know that you had a watch in that drawer. Mrs Bannick—Ho was there cleaning the windows in his dinner hour, and having said that he thought it was grow ing late, and he must come in the evening to finish his work, I took the watch out of the drawer, and looking at it told him the time, and then replaced it in his presence. Mr. Selfe—When did you miss it ? Mrs Bannick—l went to the drawers again at 6 o'clock, and then I missed my watch and appendages. A loose key belonging to the watch was lying on the mat where I had it. At half-past 6 the prisoner came to finish the windows. I allowed him to go upstairs, and then sent for a constable and gave him into custody for stealing it. I said to him, "You have stolen my watch." He replied. " You took the watch out to show me, after which you put it round yoar neck." That was not true, I assure you, for I replaced it in the drawer after I had told the prisoner the time. Prisoner—You will excuse me, madame, but you did not put it in the drawer. I saw you fling the chain round your neck, and you left the room to speak to a lady. Mr Salfe—Did you know anything of the prisoner be• fore P _ _ _ Mrs Bannick—No ; bat he was recommended by a re spectable person. Prisoner—l am a respectable man, and it can be proved. I have worked for three years for Mr Larken in the Ful ham-road. I began the drawing-room windows, and was then called up to the young lady's bed-room windows, and there she looked at tho watch and told me the time, after which she put it round her neck, as I have stated. I de clare to God that I never touched the watch, and know nothing about it. I was never locked up in my life before, and I can receive the best of characters. Mr Selfe--At what time do you consider the accused must have taken the watch Mrs Bannick—Directly after I replaced it in the drawer. I left the room to speak to a lady, leaving the prisoner in the room at the time. Mr Selfe—Whq else had access to the room between that and the time you missed your watch ? Mrs Bannick—Nobody. I locked the door directly after the prisoner left, at about two o'clock, and kept the key in my pocket until I missed the watch. Mr Selfe.— Was the drawer in which you kept it locked ? Mrs Bannick—No, it was not. The room door being locked, was considered sufficient. Mr Selfe—Who else was there in the house ? Mrs Bannick—Only a charwoman, who never went into that room, and the owners of the house, who ocoupy the second floor. Prisoner (to prosecutrix)—You may depend upon it, you aro mistaken, madame. You put the watch round your neck. Mr Selfe—Are you sure you did not do so ? Mrs Binnick—Quite sure. Mr Selfe—l suppose you sometimes wear it. When is that ? Mrs Bannick—On Sundays, or if I went to a concert or anything of that sort. The lady's niece—l am certain that my aunt did not wear the watch. A young woman engaged as a charwoman at the house at the time said she had her dress body oft, and could not have worn it. Mr Selfe said it was an extraordinary affair, and the police mast make a strict examination of tho premises. He must detain the accused, but would take bail in £3O for his appearance on a future day. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £23,000 in gold, and the withdrawal of 75,000 sovereigns for transmission to the Brazils by the Magdalena, which will also carry £B,OOO in silver. Daring the last few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. The public sales of tea have pro- ceeded very steadily, and at rather lower rates. Sugars have been dull, and have barely supported previous prices. Coffee, however, has been in fair request, at steady quotations ; while in rico, fruit, and spices there has been little change of import ance. Tallow has been in very limited demand, and quotations for bath present and forward delivery have shown a downward movement. 4 :A SPORTSMAN BIT BY AN ADDBR.—A few days ego, while Mr. Arthur J. Wigram was deer-stalking on his shootings at Sconser, Syke, he knelt to take aim at a stag, and in doing so placed his knee on an adder, which stung him on the leg. He suffered seriously from the effects of the bite, but is now recovering.—Edinburgh Courant. An Imperial establishment has just been founded at Odessa under the name of the University of New Russia and which is to replace the College Richelieu. There will ho three faculties, one of history and philosophy, another of natural philosophy auci mathemalicd, cud the third of law. Dreadful Colliery Explosion. SHIELDS, Thursday Morning. A fearful explosion took place last night in Seghill col liery, about 8 miles from this town. The colliery is situated in the heart of the steam coalfield and has exten sive workings. About 11 o'clock the night shiftmen were down the pit, and 18 hewers and timber leaders and rolley lads wore employed at the workings in a remote part of the pit known as Far California, when the gas appears to have fired at some of their lights, the explosion tearing down the main rolley way, but fortunately meeting with a volume of fresh air at the cross cut it expended itself there without doing any more serious mischief. The pitmen employed felt the shock of the explosion in other parts of the pit and flocked to the bottom of the shaft - , where, as far as can be ascertained, they were got to bank in a short time in safety. The intelligence that the pit had fired soon spread through the extensive village, and hundreds of persons flocked to the pit mouth in wild excitement. Mr Kettering, the head viewer, Mr Sanderson, the under viewer, and other officials, gathered together and descended the mine, and relays of men were set on to clear away the rubbish oc casioned by heavy falls from the roof in the main rolley way, which blocks up the passage to where the 18 men and lads are lying; but the pit at that part has been found to be very foul with chokedamp, several of the men so employed in clearing away the obstruction having been brought to bank ill. At the time our despatch left the working partie had not reached the lost men and lads, and they are all sup posed to be dead. Mr T. E. Foster, the consulting viewer to the coal trade, had arrived when our report was coming away, and the men were being sent to bank from Burrodon pit, which is connected with Seghill by a door, and when they are all to bank it will bo opened. The explosion has taken place in the low seam. The men were mostly employed in the " broken," and that part of the colliery where the explosion took place was considered somewhat fiery. The air was close in the early part of last night, and afterwards there were high winds. Some suppose that these atmos pheric conditions have had something to do with explosion. There is no doubt but that all the men who were working when the explosion occurred are dead. A father and son, named Mills, George Jackson, Robert Rutherford, Thomas Weatherburn, and a man named Dodds are among the lost. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Eleven men and lads have been got out of the pit alive. The following were killed :—Richardson, Robinson, John Nayland, Henry Whitehouse, Thomas Heaps, IV. Taylor, John Miller, and G. Jackson. The bodies have all been re covered this afternoon. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of home-grown wheat fresh up to our mar ket to-day were but moderate. The demand for all qualities, however, ruled inactive, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday's. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. In most descriptions only a moderate business was transacted at previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain moves off slowly at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. On the whole the trade was steady at about stationary pricer. In malt about an average business was transacted, at late The supply of oats on sale was lame. The trade for most descriptions was rather quiet, yot prices ruled tolerably firm. Beans and peas were in limited supply, and Monday's quotations were well supported. In sour there was a moderate sale, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS wieEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt, Oats, Flour. English .. 1,110 1,090 BSO 220 420 Mai — Foreign - 3,800 - 23,620 3SO brie. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows : Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 6 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 !idea Middlingmutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 8 4 6 Small pork 4 4 4 8 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Our market is now fairly supplied with new English hops, and the trade for all qualities rules heavy, at reduced prices. Yearling, old and foreign hops are dull, at barely late rates. New foreign hope have sold at £5 per cwt. Mid and East lients L 5 lOs to S 8 Os per cwt. Weald of Kents b Os to 6 10s „ Sussex Yearlings 5 lOs to 6 lOs „ Older hops .. 0 158 to 4 4 „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The publio sales have proceeded with very little animation, and prices have been barely maintained. StGAR,—The market has remained very dull, and a de cline of 6d per cwt. may be quoted on most descriptions. In the refined market there has been little animation, and prices have also tended downwards. COFFEE.—There has been a moderate demand for colonial descriptions at steady rates. RlCE.—Only a limited amount of business has been done at rather lower prices. TALLOW.—The market has continued very depressed in all positions. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 42s 3d ; last three months, 43s 3d ; and January to March, 44s 6d to 44s per owt. , PRESENTATION BY THE BOARD OF TRADE TO A MERCHANT CAPTAlN.—Yesterday Captain Miller , of t h e Liverpool ship William Chandler, was presented (through the local Marine Board at Liverpool) with a very flue tele scope, the gift of the British Government, as a reward for his gallantry and kindness displayed in the rescue of the captain and crew of the ship:America, of Belfast, when that vessel was in a sinking and disabled state off the Cape of allowancet e nt i FIRSTons , was a I ca Dr c opamsLpEsetsl.lEexd Helena. E to N p t his uri l own l crew on short Good Hope. Captain Miller, in order VOLUNTEERS.—toearryouthisin fhe competition for prizes between the members of the Ist company of this regiment, took place at the Ealin g ran g e on the 6th instant. There were three p rizes, of the value respectively of three, two, and one g uinea. The ran g es were 200, 500, and 600 yards, The firs t p rize was won b y Corporal W. L. Baker, score, 41—the second b y Sa pp er Bowler. sco re 40— an d th e thi r d by Lieutenant Thompson, score 32. THE CHAMPION PLOUGHMEN OF ENGLAND,— The first All-England Match of the season came off yester day at the Sparke n h oe Cl u b M e eting, near Ashby-de-la- Zouch. Considerabl e i n t eres t w as manifested in the pro ceedings, and the plou g hi ng , cons idering the dry and hard stateipsw Ipswich, thethland, matchwas ina t i n gin favour of Messrs.FOrel2loet in the competi tion were the How ards of B e dford and t h e R ansomes of a ft e rnoon from B ou l ogne Howard. ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.- - AS t he South. Eastern crossing t ß he ai c lw h a a y nne C l oymepstaenryd'asy s t e amboat Victoria was to Folkestone, in a heavy sea, her floats struckm a piece of wr eck and she became for a time disabled. T he passengers, near ly 300 in number, were at first ranch O ared —but the s t ea m was turned off and the floa t s repaired , and aft er th ree hours ' delay the boat made for Dove r Admiralty Pier, arr i v i n g there at 7.15. F ATA L AFFRAY IN NEWCASTLE. --0 a Sunday, a mall named brother, I byohn namewife's 'Tutler, who mw ou lives aid in . In the course of the afternoon the whole of the p arties had partaken rather freely of drink, an d in this state commenced to squabble amongst th e mselves, the quarr el bei ng chiefly between M'Donald and his sister (the wife of Tutler), In the ad joining house—divided only from Tatter's by a thin wooden partition—resided a wire- worker named Wynn and his wife. The latter hearing the disturbance and the cries of the woman as though in distress, rushed out of her house into Tutler 's and endeavoured to prevent M`Donald from inflicting further violence upon his sister. Just at this moment Tutler had interfered, and was closing with g.Donald, when Mrs. Wynn, still trying to make peace, got in between them. She had hardly done so, however, when her husband heard her call Frank (his Christian name) twice, and upon hastening to the rescue of his wife he was horror-struck at finding her lying dead at the feet of the combatants. So short a time had the whole affair taken, indeed, that according to Wynn's statement his wife was scarcely more than two minutes out of their own house when he heard her call him by name i n the manner described. Mr Rayne, :police surgeon, was immediately sent for, but life was quite extinct, the peer woman having apparently died instantlY• The most mysterious part of the occurrence ie that there are no marks of violence on the body of the deceased to account for death, which at present can only be refer rod to cue of two causes ; either that she has received in the course of the conflict a severe blow upon some vital part, or being probably subject to disease of the heart, her death may h a ve been accelerated by the agitation and excitement produced by the occurrence. EXTENSIVIi FORGERIES BY A MERCHANT. — Much excitement was caused at the beginning of last week by the rumour that Mr William Spence, a well known merchant in Kirkwall, had been imprisoned tor ex tensive forgeries. This rumour, which many were unwil ling to believe, turned out unfortunately to be only too true ; and as the intelligence spread through the town it awakened mingled consternation and astonishment, since Mr Spence, from his position as an elder in the United Presbyterian Church. and from the apparent interest which he took in religious matters, had previously enjoyed the repute of being an honest and consistent man. The defalcations as at present ascertained amount to £2,550. Mr Spence made no attempt to hide or deny his criminality. He was pri vately examined in the presence cf the Sheriff and Procu rator Fiscal during the course of last week, and it is under stood that his trial will come on in the high Court of Jus ticiary in Ediu'vurgb, probably in November. —Orkney Hanle!. The Blowing up of a Federal Monitor by a Torpedo. Some of the survivors of the Federal Monitor Tecumseh supply the New York papers with the following account of the blowing up of the vessel by a Confederate torpedo in Mobile harbour :—" On the morning of the sth of August the signal was made by the flagship Hartford to the whole fleet to advance on the rebel Fort Morgan, the Monitor Tecumseh taking the lead. We fired two shells at the fort when we were a mile off. The guns were then reloaded with solid 15-inch shot and a charge of 45 pounds of powder. We did not fire more than the two shells at the fort, but were reserving our next broadside for the rebel ram Tennessee. When about abreast of Fort Morgan the order was given to go ahead at full speed. Our gallant captain's intention was to butt the ram, and fire the two solid shot .at the same time ; but ere he could give the order to revolve the turret, a torpedo (or infernal machine) exploded under us, causing the water to rush up into the berth deck and turret chamber, where nothing but confusion and despair reigned. The guns' crews and those that were in the pilot-house succeeded in getting out before she settled down beneath the waves. We had three boats towing alongside, two of which were immediately filled, both wero swamped. We succeeded in cutting the painter of the third one, and commenced to pall as best we could for the fleet. We succeeded in picking up two of our officers (Mr Langley and Mr Cottrell). After pulling for an hour we reached one of our small tug boats near Sand Island, from which we were transferred to this ship. As far as we can learn, there have been 12 more of our comrades saved; eight are in the fleet in the bay, and four are prisoners in Fort Morgan. An Austrian Love Story. A new species of the truly inexhaustible genius of matrimonial suits has recently turned up in a case tried and decided in Vienna. In the house of one Herr Hahne, a teacher of languages, Dr. Kant, a young lawyer, happened to make the acquaintance of a lady, burdened with some property and thirty years. The lady, being unmarried, evinced parti cular interest in the young, shy, and rather abashed man of law. She talked a great deal with him in company, preferred him in the dance, and ended with inviting him to her house. Dr. Kant, who, as the unhappy lover of another girl, was not par ticularly inclined to pay visits, at first did not comply with the courteous request of the fair, but, seeing her again at a friend's, and her invitation being repeated, at length allowed himself to become a habitue of her and her mother's hospitable house. It appears that the lady wasted for several months for him to " pop the question ;" until, getting weary of his melancholy mein and indescribable reserve, she resolved to open a way for her retiring Adonis to propose, or retreat for ever. One evening when the doctor, according to his wont, was sitting opposite tar tabouret, conversation — accidentally, of course—turned on marriage, and the happiness of harmonising souls. Dr. Kant pie. tared the fetters of Hymen in rosy colours ; the face of the lady brightened, and with a palpitating heart she put the question—" With your favourable idea of matrimony, may I ask if you ever thought of marrying yourself ?" Dr. Kant sighed, and, his eyes resting on the ground, hesitatingly muttered in reply—" I have already thought of marrying, and made my choice, but—" "But !" the lady hastily inter posed. " But," he continued, " the lady is rich, very rich, and lam poor. lam afraid I can hardly aspire to her hand, and rather than allow myself to be taxed with sordid designs, I will bury my passion in my breast, and leave it unavowed for ever." A short pause ensued. Both parties were embarrassed, and the doctor rose to take his hat and leave the lady at an unusually early hour. Miss Martini bade him good evening in a friendly and cordial way, without, however, adding another word on she subject of their conversation. At an early hour of the following day she, however, betook herself to a solicitor, and, in legal form, declared her wish to present and hand over as his sole property the sum of 150,000 gulden (Z 15,000) to Dr. Kant. 'When the document had been signed, counter signed, and duly completed, she sat down in the office, and enclosing it in an elegant envelope, added a note to the following effect : " Dear Sir,—l have much pleasure in enclosing a paper, which I hope will remove the obstacle in the way of your mar riage.—Believe me, &0., ALICE MARTINI." Dr. Kant, for he and no other was the addressed, was the happiest man in the world on receiving this generous epistle. Bat alas! that he should have put a different construction on it to that expected. Repairing at once to the parents of Fraulein Fische!, the lady of his love, he proposed for and received the hand of a girl who had long been flat tered by his delicate though unavowed attentions. His' reply to Fraulein Martini, besides convoying his sincerest thanks, contained two cartes de visite, linked together by the significant rose coloured ribbon. Miss Martini fortnwith sued the happy bridegroom for restitution ; bat as no promise of marriage had been made, the case was by two sac• cessive courts decided against her: BEGGING LETTER WRITERS.—These are the cor porate beggars. But there are besides the indivi dual beggars; and how does the heart of the secretary fail him when he has to cope with them ! And they must be coped with to some extent, because they all enclose docu ments (they call their scraps documents ; but they are, as to papers deserving the name, what minced meat is to a calf), the non-return of which would be their ruin. That is to say, they are utterly ruined now, but they would be more utterly ruined then. Among these correspondents are several daughters of general officers, long accustomed to every luxury of life (except spelling), who little thought when their gallant fathers waged war in the Peninsula that they would ever have to appeal to those whom Providence, in its inscrutable wisdom, has blessed with untold gold, and from among whom they select the name of Nicodemus Boffin, Esq., for a maiden effort in this wise, understanding that he has such a heart as never was. The secretary learns too that confidence between man and wife would seem to obtain but rarely when virtue is in distress, so numerous are the wives who take up their pens to ask Mr Boffin fcr money without the knowledge of their devoted husbands, who would never permit it ; while, on the other hand, so numerous are the husbands who take up their pens to ask Mr Boffin for money without the knowledge of their devoted w yes, who would instantly go out of their senses if they had the least suspicion of the circumstance. There are the inspired beggars, too. They were sitting, only yesterday evening, musing over a fragment of candle which must soon go out and leave them in the dark for the rest of their nights, when surely some angel whispered the name of Mr Nicode mus Boffin, Esq., to their souls, imparting rays of hope, nay confidence, to which they had long been strangers. Akin to these are the suggestively-befriended baggers. They were partaking of a cold potato and water by the flickering and gloomy light of a lucifer-match, in their lodgings (rent considerably in arrear, and heartless landlady threatening friend, happened to look in, said, "Write immediately to Nbodemus Boffin, Esq.," and would take no denial. There are the nobly independent beggars, too. These, in the days of their abundance, ever regarded gold as dross, and have not yet got over that only impediment in the way of their amassing wealth, but they want no dross from Nicodemus Boffin, Esq. No, Mr Boffin, the world may term it pride, paltry pride if you will, but they wouldn't take it if you offered it. A loan, sir—for fourteen weeks to the day, interest calculated at the rate of five per cent. per annum, to be bestowed upon any charitable institution you may name—is all they want of ,you, and if you have the meanness to refuse it, count upon being despised by these great spirits. There are the beggars of punotnal busi ness habits, too. These will make an end of themselves at a quarter to 1 p,m. on Tuesday, if no Post-office order is in the interim received from Nicodemus Boffin, Esq. ; arriving after a quarter to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, it need not be sent, as they will then (having made an exact memorandum of the heartless circumstances) be "cold in death." There are the beggars on horseback, too, in another sense from the sense of the proverb. These are mounted and ready to start on the highway to affluence. Tho goal is before them, the road is in the best condition, their spurs are on, the steel is willing, but, at the last moment; for want of some special thing--a clock, is violin, an astronomical telescope, an electrifying machine—they must dismount for ever, unless they receive its equivalert in money from Nicodemus Boffin, Esq. Less given to detail aro the beggars who make sporting vultures. These, usually to be addressed in reply under initials to a country post - offine, inquire in feminine hands. Dare one who cannot disclose herself to Nioodemus Baffle, Esq., but whose name might startlohim were it revealed, solicit the immediate ad vance of £2OO from unexpected riches exercising their noblest privilege in the trust of a common humanity.—Our Mutual Friend. ACCIDENT AT DOVER.—Last night a lady named Miss Hall, on a visit to Dover, fell over the pier—a 30 feet fall— into 2or 3 feet water. She was immediately taken up and convoyed to the Sailors' Ileum:She is not, it is hoped, seriously hurt, rates. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL' S—THURSDAY. Possibly the announcen►ent on Thursday morning that the subscription room would be opened on Saturday for comparing on the St. Leger, and business as usual, had its effect upon the attendance to-day—numerically, fcr a smaller muster on the Thursday before the Leger we never recollected seeing before. There was little or no betting, and the momentary instalment of Blair Athol as first favourite for the Leger nay be attributed as much to caprice, or the complexion of certain " books," as to anything that may have transpired to tlq . ow any additional light upon the merits of the Spring Cott age favourite. The only trans actions that took place were to sma't amounts, as follows ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Bair Athol (offered, take 3 to 1) 3 to 1 agst General Peel (offered) Bto 1 agst Miner (taken) 12 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 150 to 10 agst Jubn Day's lot (taken) LEICESTER RACES—THURSDAY. The Belvoir Stakes of 5 cove each, with 20 added ; for hunters. Three miles. Lord Courtenay's Damascus, 6 yrs, 12st .... (Custance) 1 Mr E. C. Clayton's Playfellow, 6 yrs, 12st ....(Owner) 2 Mr H. Barker's Croydon, 5 yrs, list 71b.. (Ur Topham) 3 Betting-6 to lon Damascus. Won by four lengths ; a bad third. The Scurry Handicap of 50 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 10 Boys each, 3 ft; winners extra. Half a mile. Capt. Christie's Prescription, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b (inc. 71b ex.) (T. French) 1 Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr J. Wood's Pupil, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (Warrington) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Gipsy Girl, 2to 1 apt Preseription. Won by a length, three lengths between the second and third. The Leicestershire Handicap of 75 soya, added to a sweep stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared; second to save his stake. IV inners extra. One mile and a half. Mr Whittaker's Pikie, 3 yrs, Get 81b .... (J Grimshaw) 1 Mr Lincoln's Ross, 5 yrs, Tat 81b (Maid ment) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Ross, who was beaten by a neck. The Selling Plate of 3 soya each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. Lord Courtenay's Damascus, 6 yrs,Bst 71b(t30)(Custance) 1 Captain Barrow's Tolegrana, 2 yre, fi.tr Ith (£5O) (J, Grimshaw) 2 Mr Lowther's Zohrah, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (DO) (T. French) 3 Betting-9 to 4on Damascus, 3to 1 agst Telegram. Won by two lengths; a head between second and third. The winner was bought in for 120 guineas. The Kelmarsh Stakes (Handicap) of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds—winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Lord Uxbridge's Rattler, 7st 51b (T. French) 1 Mr Page's Sensation, 7st 41b Betting---5 to lon Rattler, who won by two lengthF. The Skeffington Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 40 added, for 2 -3 , z-olds ; penalties and allowances. T.Y,C. Half a mile. Mr G. Graham's Vision, Bst 12Ib (J. Nightingall) 1 Mr Merono's Terror, Bst 10Ib (Merone) 2 Mr Henley's Eugenie, Bst 71b (Pearson) 3 Lord Uxbridge's Cockcrow, Bst 101 b (T. French) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Vision, sto 2 each agst Eugenie arid Terror, 6to 1 agst Cockcrow. Won by three-quarters cf a length ; three lengths between second and third. The County Cup Stakes of 19 soya each; weight for age, &c.; winners extra. Tw;ce round and a distance. Duke of Rutland us Land of the West, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Nightingall) 1 Lord Curzon us Cervus, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb .. (Holland) 2 No betting. Land of the West ran under protest, and cantered past the post. DONCASTER RACES.—St. Leger Prophecies, by " Beacon," "Rhyming Richard," Cock Robin," and other popular writers ; with latest betting, list of horses expected, exclusive lamination, and " anticipations" of the Doncaster Meeting ; special reports of Warwick, Leicester, Curragh, and Baden Baden races ; the Cesarewitch and Cambridge shire Weights ; the great match between Chambers and Cooper, and all the aquatic, cricket, and sporting news of the week. See " The Sporting Gazette" (limited), of Saturday next, Sept. 10, Price fourpence ; stamped, fivepence. Office, 14. Yerk-street,Covent-garden. AQUATICS. THE THOUGHT AND THE TORPID. The sailing match between these two cutters over the regatta course of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club inside the Isle of Wight was brought to a conclusion on Wednesday by the Torpid winning two days' races in succession. The wind was from the same quarter—W. by S.—as on the pre ceding day, but less violent, although still a good full sailing breeze for a first-class sized yacht. Two tons of ballast, which had been taken from her previously to her sailing on the previous day, were again returned to her be fore starting on Wednesday, and this, together with(we must say it, although unwillingly) the superior manner in which she was handled as compared with her management of the previous day, greatly improved her rate of going both in running befora the wind and in turning to windward. Ac cording to the original programme agreed upon by the owners of the two yachts, the course for the second day was to have bean round the Isle of Wight, but owing to the boisterous state of the weather, this was altered to a second course—round the Victoria Club course. _ _ . At 10 49 the preparatory gun was fired, and the starting gun five minutes afterwards, when both were got off very smartly, the Thought a trifle to windward, but the Torpid leading, each with a reef down in their mainsails. The Thought's sails were beautifully set, and the little vessel looked fit to race for a man's life. The Torpid's greater area of canvass, however, and the position of the wind—the latter enabling the vessels to lay their course to the buoy of the middle without a tack, was all in the Torpid's favour, and she soon gave evidence of fore. reaching her antagonist, but the distance was too short to give any great difference. In nearing the buoy the Thought sent up her topmast, and was followed by the Torpid. The buoy was tacked round by the Torpid - at 11h 33m 20s, and by the Thought at 11h 34m 10s. Jib-headed topsails and balloon forsails were now set, as sheets were eased off in the run up before the wind on the beck of the tide to the eastward. The Thought's top sail was set very badly from some course,but off Ryde a baud was sent aloft, and improved matters. In passing the No man buoy the Thought was 78 seconds astern, and had therefore lost 28 seconds in her run down from the buoy of the middle, no great loss in a contest with a vessel that was evidently greatly superior in power, and sailing under cir cumstances the most favourable to her. The wind came fresh out of Brading Harbour, and both craft dowsed their topsails and sent down topmasts, preparatory to tacking round the Nab, which was tacked round as follows : Torpid . • .. 12h. 42m. ss. Thought .. .. 12 42 655. The Thought thus gained on her rival in the distsnce between the Noman and the Nab what she had lost between the Noman and the buoy of the middle. The little craft certainly stood up under her sails in the freshened breeze out of Brading harbour better than the Tcrpid, and went along gloriously. From the Nab back to the Noman, close hauled, the Thought continued her overhaul on her rival, decreasing her time behind to only 37 seconds. The Thought continued her work handsomely, when the Aid steam tug, from Southampton, with a party on board, was placed by her master on the Thought's weather bow, hung there for some time in seeming ignorance of the mischief he was doing, and threw the Thought back considerably in the race, doubling nearly her distance astern of the Torpid. Under the Ryde Sand both vessels made several tacks in shore. The Torpid stood in further than the Thought, but the latter stood far enongn apparently to fetch the buoy of the middle, and then with sound judgment oho was laid fairly for it with the tide under her lee. In opening Cowes Roads the wind headed them and gave the Torpid an advantage from her weather position, the buoy being tacked round only 55 seconds apart, as follows : Torpid 2h. 2m. Os. Thought 2 2 65 Topsaig and balloon foresails were now again set for the run eastward to the Nab, the Thought this time sending up her square-headed topsail. Running past Ryde the Thought had decreased her distance astern to 33 seconds. In running over the sand inside the buoy the Thought boomed out her foresail, but made a mess of it, and had to bring it back to the stay. She was drawing fast on the Torpid, and the latter on closing the Noman boomed out her foresail. In passing theNoman the Thought was only 22 seconds behind, having gained 11 seconds from Ryde Roads, and in complet ing her run to the Nab she gaided still further, for she tacked round only 10 seconds astern, and shot round clear on the Torpid's weather. In tacking round the light ship, however, she unfortunately carried away her jibtack, and the jib had to be got in and the damage repaired. She was winning the race at the time hand-over-hand, was standing up like a church under her canvas compared with her opponent, and looked a winner all over. In standing up close hauled for the Noman the Thought's topmast was sent up, and her jib-headed topsail set, but the accidental carrying away of her jibtack had reduced the chance of her winning the race to a minimum point. The Torpid had as much as she could manage without a topsail, but the old Thought carried hers gloriously. At 4h 3m 20s both vessels tacked under the oast end of Stokes Bay, and stood in for Ryde Roads, the Thought to windward, but necessarily astern, and her top sail shaking fearfully,and now doing more harm than good. Ryde Roads was fetched, and the goal reached, the Torpid winning by 45 seconds only, and the Thought evidently losing the race solely owing to the conduct of the master of the Aid steamtug in getting on the Thought's weather bow at a most critical point in the race, and the unfortunate accident to the Thought's jibtack at the Nab. The designer of the Torpid, Mr M'Cormack, of the firm of Messrs. Su mmers and Day, of Southampton—may well congratulate n vic tor himself on being the builder of a cu tter that s hould beat such a famous vosel as the Thought, aithoug y was won, in sporting parlance by a Mr Seldon, as the owner of the T o rpid, and winner, takes , both vessels and £2OO stakes.: Thus ended a cutter race which, in its second day's sport, for the closeness with which it was contested, and its ac- L companying interest, is unparalleled in the annals of yacht ing. The result may be briefly summed up thus :—la 15 years the progress in the rate of it in yacht building is exactly three seconds per year over a course of ; about 65 miles, 'caking allowance fur the di s t a nce gone over in turning to windward. SPORTING INTEL' LIGENCE—This Da LEICESTER $ :ACES—Trus DAY. (BY ELECTS IC TELEGRAPH) WELTER. HANDICAP. Disappointment .... ........... ............... 1 Dean SRift Overatone NURSERY HANDICAP. Chimney Sweep .......................... . I Sweetness Vanguard Punt ran. The Weather and Harvest in Scotland. PERTH.— Since the middle of the past week there has been a very great change in the . weather, and altogether it is now of a much lower temperatu re. At an early hour on Monday morning a strong gale sprung up from tha south-west, and continued till evening, when it fell, sod the wind shifted to the north-west. During Monday night there was keen frost, which was succeeded yesterday morning by heavy rain, which had not abated by 4 o'clock p.m. Owing to the high wind of Monday, a great deal of ripe wheat and oats was shaken, and stooks were blown down in the dis tricts around Perth, especially to the westward. In the orchards in the Carse of Gowrie, and in the parish of Rhynd, on the banks of the Tay and Earn, vast quantities of half-ripe apples and pears have been blown off the trees, and there can bo no doubt that the tacksmen of the orchards will suffer severely in a pecuniary point of view, Most of the wheat, barley, and oats in the Perth district, the Carse of Gowrie, and Lower Streathearn, havebeec.n, but down. Barley, where thrashed, is more th an an average yield, and is of fine quality. Oats, however, are deficient both in weight and straw. Harvest has commen ce d in the latethe enact districts p r oodfutchee of o t c h h e i fi c s e , r O e aolgi cropseal m o c n a ad otbe Collate, as yet esti mated. & mated. The recent rains have given the potatoes a fresher look, and they are as yet free from disease. Turnips have likewise improved, but are somewhat thin on still and clayey soils. If wet weather continues, pasture and clover grass may yet give a good bite to cattle and sheep in the fall of the year. INNERLEITHEN.—Within the last week the weather has completely changed. Rain, which was so long earnestly longed for, has come at last, and is threatening to continue to come in greater abundance than is at all desirable at thi 4 season. On Wednesday showers began to fall, and durin g the rest of last week there was rear, more or rase deny. showers were always moderate, and cutting was not much interrupted, but carrying was retarded. Nearly the whole ) 0 f the crop on the low ground has been cut, but very little has yet been carted to the barnyard, so that a very large nolate thy of grain stands at present exposed in the stook. The rain has done it little or no harm as yet ; but, from 'so long a period of drought having previously prevailed, farmers are becoming somewhat uneasy about the ingathering of their crop, as, now that the weather has broken, it is much to be feared that it may continue 'resettled for a con siderable time. A furious gale of wind, which began on Sunday night, and continued all yesterday, has done con siderable damage to the standing crop. A good deal of grain has been shaken from the ripe portion, and on high places where the crop is yet green it has been much twisted and storm-broken. The wind fell this morning, and has been succeeded by rain, which has fallen heavily all day. The cut grain, which the wind laid quite flat, must be thoroughly soaked. The ground is now pretty well satu rated, although it has received no superfluous moisture, as is evidenced ny the rivers having sustained very little rise —and dry weather is now desirable for the ingathering of the grain crops. Since the rain came, pastures and other green crops show signs of reviving.—September 6. BERIVICL—In this locality the weather for the last fortnight, with the exception of occasional slight showers, have been most favourable for harvest work, and farmers have bean busy in all directions cutting and securing their crops. The general ripening of the grain, and the suitable nature of the weather, have allowed great progress to be made in the way of cutting, more especially in the neighbourhood of Norhaue and Coldstream, where the great bulk of the crops is now in stook, and but little remains to be cut. In many places a great deal of the wheat is stacked and thatched ; and with another week of dry weather, little would remain to be done in that way. The crops every where appear to be a fair average both in quality and quan tity. On Sunday night a strong north-west wind set in, and continued to blow hard all Monday; but it does not seem to have done much harm to the standing grain. The greater portion of the crops in stook, however, has been blown down, and will cause farmers a good deal of addi tional labour setting it up again. Turnips, notwitlastand ing the dryness of the season, are everywhere looking well and with a few more showers may yet not fell far short of an average crop. On light soils, however, they are thin and backward. The injurious influence of the long-con tinued drought appears most conspicuously on pastures. Potatoes are generally an abundant crop, but have the ap pearance of being largely affected by the disease. GALASHIELS.-- On all the early farms harvest operations so far as cutting is concerned, are finished, or nearly so; and with few exceptions, should the weather prove at all favour able, on the later farms cutting will be finished by the end of the present week. The very fine weather in the last fortnight of August was alike favourable for ripening and cutting, and assisted by the general use of the reaping ma chines the crops have been cut cheaply and expeditiously. Oats are generally below an average. Barley is average in bulk and excellent in quality. The little wheat grown in the district is reported an average crop ; all the varieties aro early; the fields whitened this season with astonishing rapi dity. On some of the early farms a considerable proportion of the crops are secured in the stackyard, but in general fully two-thirds are yet in the fields. With the beginning of September the weather altered, from the hot sunshine of August to alternate shower and breeze, and yesterday the wind increased to a perfect gale, laying all standing corn fiat with the ground, and to-day (Tuesday) it is a constant pouring heavy rain, with every appearance of continuance. Up till this season it was considered problematical how far the reaping machine could be beneficially introduced on farms occupying hilly positions. Most of the farms in this district are thus situated, and the machine has been so generally introduced as to finally and satisfactorily settle the question. We have made special inquiries at some of the leading farmers in the district, and got the uniform reply, where the crops are not laid, that the ma chine makes better work than either scythe or sickle. Samuelson's self-delivering is the one mostly used in the district, and gives general satisfaction. Nearly all the farms of any extent have had one machine at work this season. We have reports from Rink, Netherbarns, Holy bush, Fairnilee, Newhall, and other places, and all give testimony to the value and utility of the machine. Mr Elliott, of Newhall, has cut the whole of his crop this sea son with the ordinary farm workers and only one extra man. Mr Haldane, of Fairnilee, reports that with the crops all standing the whole harvest work may be got through with the home workers. In some farms fewer hands are avail able for harvest work than on others, but the machine effects an immense saving of manual labour. Bank of England Return•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 'Victoria, cap. 32. for the week ending on Wednesday, the 7th day of Sept. 1864 : ISSUE DEPLETMENT. Notes issued .......X26,870,895 Government Debt £11,015,10 Other Securities .. 3.634,9CJ lioldCoin& Bullion 12,226,559 Silver Bullion X 26,876,815 £26,876,895i BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal X 14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis inissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- _ _ Government Secu rities (including Dead Weigh tAn nutty) £10,7.47,095 Oilier Securities 2 t.;,310 Notes Gold and Silver 71.3,552 Lola counts) 6,022,373 Other Deposita 12,904,bb5 Seven Day and ether Bills 557,259 £37,915,087 £37,915,937 r. MILLER, Chief Cashier, Sept. 1, 1861. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 9.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; strong breeze and cloudy. Orr PORTSMO'UTII, Sept. B.—Arrived—Therese, from Shields for New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Sept, B—Trevelian, from Demerara— Vero, from Jamaica, Arrived, Sept. 9—Free, from Porto Itico—Eena, from Singapore—Sophia, from Gothenburg—Rosa, from Ma rianople—Arrow, from Erquey—Jano from Mauri tius—King Lear, from Quebec. DEAL, Friday Morning. passed _ j„e, from Trinided—Sarah A. Welt, from Quebe both for London--Anua Matilda, from Liverpool, for L . from London, for N a g a saki. A nc hored —Swanley ed—liosslin Castle, from London, for the Cape of Good H o p e. nisb SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A GENTLE3IAN.—A me. lancholy event, resulting in the death of a young man 27 years of age, occurred at an early hour on Thurs day morning, and, so far as it is known, there is reason to fear that death was caused by poison self-administered. The name of the deceased is William Murray, brother to Sir P, H. Murray, Bart., of Oehtertvre, Perthshire. Yor some time past ho had been residing at Newcastle, and at a late hour on Wednesday night was in company w ith several gentlemen at the Central Exchange Hotel. While the company were enjoying themselves deceased was observed to empty the contents of a phial into his glass and immediately drink it off. He instantly became ill, and as ho rapidly became worse, ho was speedily conveyed to the Infirmary, where he soon after expired. 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